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On 7 October 2004, Radio Viva, formerly known as Radio Twist, broadcast a report from the official press conference held by the then Interior Minister Vladimír Palko. The news-presenter paraphrased a part of Palko's report on a police investigation where he announced that the police had accused a Slovak judge of a crime (fraud). Furthermore it was announced that the Slovak judge was prosecuted unapprehended for this crime. However, the judge was not identified by his full name. The sentence of Palko's report was abbreviated by the news-presenter and it was read without mentioning that it was „according...

The Slovak Ministry of Culture has submitted a draft of the new Act on Audiovisual Fund to the National Council of the Slovak Republic in August 2008. The draft passed the first reading in September 2008. It refers to and is fully compatible with the Act No. 343/2007 Coll. – Audiovisual Act that became effective on 1 January 2008 and, among other things, it defines Slovak audiovisual works, introduces new obligations (e.g. record keeping) in the audiovisual sector and redefines the activities of the Slovak Film Institute. The draft is also compatible with other Slovak Acts concerned (Act No. 308/2000...

The Slovak Ministry of Culture submitted a new draft of the Press Act to the National Council of the Slovak Republic in January 2008. This draft was adopted on 9 April 2008. If the President of the Slovak Republic does not veto it the National Council the Press Act should become effective as of 1 June 2008. The adoption of the Press Act was preceded by a number of discussions resulting in disputes among the political parties. The opposition parties consider the Act to be undemocratic, in particular because of the established right of reply, and they did not vote for the adoption. The adopted Press...

As reported earlier (see IRIS 2007-6: 19) the Slovak Ministry of Culture and Arts had prepared a new draft media law the main purpose of which was to bring Slovak audiovisual law in line with the European Convention for the Protection of the Audiovisual Heritage. The new law has now entered into force on 1 January 2008 as Act. No. 343/2007 concerning conditions of registration, public distribution and storage of audiovisual works, sound and picture recordings of artistic performances and multimedia works, called the Audiovisual Act. This Act has completely replaced the former Audiovisual Media...

The Association of Internet Media in the Slovak Republic (AIM) have adopted a document on Internet Advertising Standards ( Odporúčania pre internetovú reklamu ( Standards )) that was created on the basis of existing standards and the recommendation of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB). It will enter into force on 1 January 2008. The members of the AIM are the biggest internet service providers in the Slovak Republic. The main purpose of this document is to avoid negative reactions from those receiving internet advertising concerning, for example intrusive advertising formats, the high frequency...